Lose The Compression

[toomyg]

Another e-mailed tip from ZDNET


On an NTFS partition, Disk Cleanup can compress old files to save space. But calculating the savings and performing the compression often take a long time, and on some systems, Disk Cleanup hangs during the process. If that happens, or if you don't care to wait, use this Registry tweak to disable the compression: Delete the key HKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress Old Files.




I myself would export this reg key incase you want this function back

[Floppyman]

Excellent advice! When cleaning up my hdd's in Win2k I always wondered why it took so long. Glad to finally see a workaround.

[toomyg]

Thanks BUT.... I wish I could say it was my idea, it's from ZDnet

[Panama Red]

Hey, credit to them for publishing it and credit to you for posting! Thanx for the tip!

[raftero]

i have this problem on my w2k also, had no clue as to why, thanks. Wonder why xp doesn't have the same problem?

[Floppyman]

Just tried it out. It really speeds things up.

[FLG]

Yep, it worked like a charm

Thanks

[toomyg]

Has anyone had any problems with removing this compression funtion ?

[icallmedan]

Does the compression help you some how that they put that feature in there? Or not?

[glc]

The only reason it's in there is to save you some space. I don't compress anything on my working drives but I use 100% manual compression on my backup drive. I also don't use the automatic disk cleanup - I do that manually too.

[icallmedan]

I see...I'm not quite sure I understand this whole compression thing though....

[toomyg]

Just thought I,d bump this post up incase someone missed it

[toomyg]

Boy Iv posted about I think 3 to 5 messages in the past 3 days and my over all post stays at 401



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[glc]

Posts don't count in general discussion.

[toomyg]

Thanks I didnt know that :p